LEADER 04358nam 2200889Ia 450 001 9910953854303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612424168 010 $a9781282424166 010 $a1282424165 010 $a9780299157036 010 $a0299157032 010 $a9780585071879 010 $a058507187X 024 7 $a2027/heb08796 035 $a(CKB)111004366648604 035 $a(OCoLC)44962550 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10342354 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000102459 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11124992 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102459 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10050496 035 $a(PQKB)10285694 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12069 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3444886 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10342354 035 $a(OCoLC)798792665 035 $a(dli)HEB08796 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000011661693 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444886 035 $a(Perlego)4386137 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366648604 100 $a19970401d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican superrealism $eNathanael West and the politics of representation in the 1930s /$fJonathan Veitch 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMadison $cUniversity of Wisconsin Press$dc1997 215 $a1 online resource (206 p.) 225 1 $aThe Wisconsin project on American writers 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780299157005 311 08$a0299157008 311 08$a9780299157043 311 08$a0299157040 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 139-174) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Who Can We Shoot? The Crisis of Representation in the 1930s -- PART I -- 1. American Superrealism -- 2. Euclid's Asshole: The Dream Life of Balsa Snell -- PART II -- 3. "Lousy with Pure / Reeking with Stark": Contact -- 4. The People Talk: Miss Lonelyhearts -- 5. The Folklore of Capitalism: A Cool Million -- 6. The Cliches Are Having a Ball: The Day of the Locust -- Postscript: Madonna's Bustier -- or "The Burning of Los Angeles -- Notes -- Index. 330 8 $aNathanael West has been hailed as "an apocalyptic writer, " "a writer on the left, " and "a precursor to postmodernism." But until now no critic has succeeded in fully engaging West's distinctive method of negation. In American Superrealism, Jonathan Veitch examines West's letters, short stories, screenplays and novels-some of which are discussed here for the first time-as well as West's collaboration with William Carlos Williams during their tenure as the editors of Contact. Locating West in a lively, American avant-garde tradition that stretches from Marcel Duchamp to Andy Warhol, Veitch explores the possibilities and limitations of dada and surrealism-the use of readymades, scatalogical humor, human machines, "exquisite corpses"-as modes of social criticism. American Superrealism offers what is surely the definitive study of West, as well as a provocative analysis that reveals the issue of representation as the central concern of Depression-era America. 410 0$aWisconsin project on American writers. 606 $aCapitalism and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPolitics and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aLiterature and society$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aNational characteristics, American, in literature 606 $aSurrealism (Literature)$zUnited States 606 $aDepressions in literature 606 $aEconomics in literature 606 $aMimesis in literature 615 0$aCapitalism and literature$xHistory 615 0$aPolitics and literature$xHistory 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 615 0$aNational characteristics, American, in literature. 615 0$aSurrealism (Literature) 615 0$aDepressions in literature. 615 0$aEconomics in literature. 615 0$aMimesis in literature. 676 $a813/.52 700 $aVeitch$b Jonathan$0566784 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910953854303321 996 $aAmerican superrealism$91040547 997 $aUNINA